A new approach to modelling the effective thermal conductivity of heterogeneous materials

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 49, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 3075-3083

  Wang, Jianfeng ^a   Carson, James K ^b   North, Mike F ^b   Cleland, Donald J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anisotropic material; Effective thermal conductivity; Heterogeneous material; Models

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIAL; LEVY'S MODEL;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

ANISOTROPY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 33745143203     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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